California Bridge to Reform

California "Bridge to Reform" (modified: 5 years ago) The State of California submitted an amendment to its "Bridge to Reform" demonstration to mandatorily enroll Seniors and Persons with Disabilities (SPDs) into managed care plans in 19 rural counties effective December 1, 2014. The federal comment period is August 25, 2014 through September 24, 2014.

California Bridge to Reform (Community-Based Adult Services) (modified: 5 years ago) California has proposed an amendment to its section 1115 Medicaid demonstration, Bridge to Reform, to extend its authorization for the Community-Based Adult Services (CBAS) benefit beyond its current sunset date of August 31, 2014. CBAS is an outpatient, facility-based program that delivers skilled nursing care, social services, therapies, personal care, family/caregiver training and support, nutrition services, and transportation to qualifying aged, blind, or disabled Medicaid state plan beneficiaries. CBAS is offered primarily through CBAS Centers, although "unbundled" CBAS services can be offered outside of centers in certain circumstances. The state proposes to extend CBAS primarily as a managed care benefit, but does not propose to extend the Enhanced Case Management or Unbundled Services options.

California Bridge to Reform (Extension Request) (modified: 3 years ago) California has submitted an application to renew its section 1115 demonstration effective November 1, 2015. The state requests a five-year extension. California seeks to continue many of its existing demonstration initiatives and seeks to expand access, improve health quality, equity, and outcomes, and control health care costs for Medi-Cal beneficiaries. The federal public comment period will be open from April 10, 2015 through May 10, 2015.

California Bridge to Reform (SUD Application) (modified: 4 years ago) The state of California has requested to amend its "Bridge to Reform" demonstration to implement improvements to its Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS). The DMC-ODS provides a continuum of care modeled after the American Society of Addiction Medicine's criteria for substance use disorder treatment services. This amendment proposes changes aimed at improving service delivery, allowing more local control and accountability in selection of high quality providers, and improved local coordination of case management services. The Federal public comment period will be open from December 31, 2014 to January 30, 2015.